Title: Functions.php Problem
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Functions.php Problem

 *  Resolved [BlackCatGFX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcatgfx/)
 * (@blackcatgfx)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/)
 * I was trying to edit the functions.php on the site to make it so the author’s
   name wouldn’t be shown in posts. I tried through the editor in the dashboard,
   but everytime I tried to update, I got a “No Data Received” error. So I read 
   a post saying it could be an issue w/ GoDaddy hosting, to try to edit the file
   through the hosting manager at GoDaddy. Well, I used FileZilla instead, but logged
   in, and I believe my first error was I never thought there might be more than
   one functions.php file in there. I edited the /wp-includes/functions.php file.
   Before I changed anything, I made a functions.bak.php and saved it locally (shoulda
   saved it on the server). Anyhow, the change didn’t work, I got some error, and
   decided to just not mess with it, and uploaded what I thought was the .bak file,
   but with so many windows open on 3 screens, something got mixed up, and after
   I uploaded and overwrote w/ what I thought was the original functions.php file,
   I get an error at the top of the home page that says-
 * > Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache
   > limiter – headers already sent (output started at/home/content/24/9255024/html/
   > WordPress_New/wp-includes/functions.php:1) in /home/content/24/9255024/html/
   > WordPress_New/wp-content/themes/garage/functions.php on line 20
 * I can still navigate around the site, but cannot get into the dashboard and I
   almost logged out so I could log back in and see if that helped, and I got a 
   warning that basically said “Do you really want to log out? You won’t get back
   in”
 * So now I am stuck, I have no idea what I screwed up, I’m fairly competent most
   of the time, but I’ve been up for 2 days and on meds, so I guess I pushed it 
   too far. I desperately need help if anyone has any idea of how I can fix this.
 * This is the site I’m working on.
 * [http://narcoticofficersmagazine.com/WordPress_New/](http://narcoticofficersmagazine.com/WordPress_New/)

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 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378214)
 * First of all, you shouldn’t be editing core files. Second of all, you can use
   simple CSS to not show the author’s name which would require either making a 
   child theme or a Custom CSS plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [BlackCatGFX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcatgfx/)
 * (@blackcatgfx)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378219)
 * Well, thanks for the help…not. I said I was tired, I should’ve quit hours ago
   and I know there’s plug-ins, and yes I have a child CSS as well. I’m sure you
   have never screwed anything up.
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378224)
 * Restore the file as it was that you messed up.
 * Next, use the stylesheet in your child theme and add this code:
 *     ```
       .articles h3{
          display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [BlackCatGFX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcatgfx/)
 * (@blackcatgfx)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378238)
 * I can’t restore it I guess, now I am getting this, can’t get to the site at all-
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mysql2date() (previously declared in /home/content/
   24/9255024/html/WordPress_New/wp-includes/functions.php:26) in /home/content/
   24/9255024/html/WordPress_New/wp-content/themes/garage/functions.php on line 
   42
 * I mixed up the bak and the edited files, and now I don’t have anything to restore
   it with.
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378241)
 * First, since you edited a functions.php file in the core, upload a fresh copy
   of WordPress (don’t upload the wp-content folder).
 * As for the functions.php in your theme, go to line 42 and remove that line.
 *  Thread Starter [BlackCatGFX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcatgfx/)
 * (@blackcatgfx)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378257)
 * Thank you for the help, I was kind of on that track. I still managed to mess 
   it up, I’m so tired that I mistook wp-content and wp-includes, and the content
   started to upload, but I caught it pretty fast and stopped it. Now the theme 
   is up, no error messages, I can log into dashboard, but everything is shifted
   over to the right or something, you kind of have to see it to know what I mean.
 * [http://narcoticofficersmagazine.com/WordPress_New/](http://narcoticofficersmagazine.com/WordPress_New/)
 * I’m guessing some thing in the CSS is wrong, I don’t know which “wp-content” 
   files got by me before I stopped it, only one I’m sure of is the index.php, I’m
   not trying to fix anything else until after I get some sleep, I’m obviously beyond
   usefulness right now. I appreciate your help, I’m really not an idiot, just tired
   and I have a chronic health problem that requires some heavy pain meds. I should’ve
   stopped hours ago, but I was undewr pressure, should’ve known better though. 
   If you could just point in the right direction so I’ll know which way to go when
   I can resume, I would appreciate it greatly. I’ll owe you a few cold beers. 🙂
 * (And I’ll never edit core files again.)
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378258)
 * I am glad the site is up and operational again. Normally, a CSS error won’t bring
   down a site, but a simple PHP error can!
 * You can go to the style.css file in your child theme and add the code I provided.
 * By the way, I don’t drink beer so just your appreciation itself will do. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [BlackCatGFX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcatgfx/)
 * (@blackcatgfx)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-5/#post-5378314)
 * Thank you very much for your assistance, all is right in the world again.
 * +rep

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